Join GS alumni working in the fashion and retail industry as they discuss their career paths, their time at Columbia, and their best advice for those pursuing jobs in the field. Dinner will be provided.
Featuring:
Jill Krizelman ‘02GS is the Senior Vice President, Global Marketing & eCommerce at TUMI. Originally from California, Jill joined the San Francisco Ballet right out of high school and toured the world with the company for many years. While studying political science at Columbia, Jill found herself drawn to the world of fashion. As graduation neared, she went to Butler Library and researched the top people at various companies she was interested in working for. She cold called Ralph Lauren, received an interview for a Coordinator of Advertising position with the company, and received the job. She worked her way up through many positions within Ralph Lauren for 12 years ending as the VP of Global Marketing. She then moved over to Calvin Klein as the Senior Vice President Marketing CRM for three years. Before arriving in her current role at Tumi, she joined Coach for two years as the Vice President, Head of North America Marketing CRM.
Jean-Emmanuel Shein ‘88GS—Director, Global Corporate Social Responsibility at UNIQLO USA—first joined Fast Retailing, the parent company of UNIQLO in 1997 in Ube, Yamaguchi prefecture. Since then he has helped the international expansion of UNIQLO, opening new markets for the brand including France, the U.K., and the U.S.. He has been a member of the global sustainability team for the past six years as global director with specific oversight of western markets for UNIQLO as well as supporting FR’s other brands to integrate sustainability into their businesses across the corporation’s three sustainability pillars—planet, people, and society. Jean graduated from Columbia University and obtained his MA from Stanford. He lives in the New York area.
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